far.
Distant; remote in space.
Meaning & usage
Distant; remote in space.
He went to a far land.
Remote in time.
Long.
More remote of two.
See those two mountains? The ogre lives on the far one.
He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
They are on the far right on this issue.
Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
far heap; far memory; far pointer
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.
To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.
You have all come far and you will go further.
He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.
Very much; by a great amount.
He was far richer than we'd thought.
The expense far exceeds what I expected.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.
To send far away.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.
Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
Where this word comes from
From Latin far. Doublet of farro.
A litter of piglets; a farrow.
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